Sacramento California-1937: Three Men Erecting A Tall Wooden Structure On A

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationSacramento, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Sacramento California

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Three Men Erecting A Tall Wooden Structure On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures three men working on a tall wooden structure in Sacramento, California. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the men erecting a large framework against a pale sky, with bare trees visible in the background. The scene has a distinct blue tint and film grain, characteristic of early 20th-century amateur recordings. The men are seen in period-appropriate clothing, engaged in manual labor, offering a rare glimpse into mid-century construction practices and daily life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127256716

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Sacramento, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Sacramento construction or home-movie labor requests needing a brief exterior cutaway of a tall wooden framework being erected.
Period detail: The 8mm material and metadata-supported 1937 date place the scene in the late 1930s; the visible wooden bracing may show small-scale construction methods of the period.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from behind a window or dark frame, giving the work scene an informal, observed-from-nearby home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark window dividers, diagonal wooden beams, a tall upright frame, pale sky, bare tree branches, soft distant background, and blue-tinted film exposure.
Film character: The clip carries an 8mm home-movie look with soft focus, visible grain, blue cast, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserves the physical film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or establishing cutaway for manual construction, neighborhood change, or remembered Depression-era daily labor.
Historical context: The footage documents a small outdoor work scene in Sacramento without enough visible detail to identify the structure, site, employer, or purpose.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible here, and copyright, likeness, and property permissions remain separate checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 Sacramento 8mm construction footage, Depression-era home movie labor, wooden framework erection, and vintage California work scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1937 Sacramento material, then broader 1930s California construction or home-movie labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Sacramento 8mm frame showing a tall wooden framework seen through dark vertical window framing, with bare branches in the background. — Wooden bracing fills the view beyond a dark foreground frame.

1937 Sacramento home-movie frame with angled wooden supports and a tall upright structure viewed from behind a dark interior or window edge. — Angled beams and an upright support are seen through foreground framing.

1937 Sacramento 8mm still of a wooden construction frame, with diagonal bracing, a vertical member, and bare trees beyond the work area. — The wooden framework shifts slightly in the handheld view.

Late-1930s Sacramento frame showing wooden cross-bracing and an upright support through a dark foreground window or frame. — Cross-braced wooden supports stand against the pale outdoor background.

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